Tesla, for example, has opted to build out its own proprietary network along well-traveled routes.
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Tobin also operates a proprietary network of health care professionals.
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Braziel had the good fortune to design the system around the Internet Protocol, so it was easy to shift from a proprietary network to the much less expensive Internet.
Until recently, building automation, lighting controls, fire safety and other base building systems were designed and deployed to support a single building service and operated independently on proprietary network and cables.
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These provide readings on location, charting, weather, sonar and radar via a proprietary Ethernet-based network.
Nextel, which has proprietary technology running on its network, prefers doing most recovery and recycling itself.
Moreover, the fact that China Mobile runs its 3G network on a proprietary homegrown TD-SCDMA standard has proved to be a big deterrent for the carrier in securing smartphones compatible with its network.
Traditionally, much of the intelligence for controlling data communications is spread around a network, managed by proprietary software that comes with each vendor's gear.
China Telecom has also been helped by the fact that China Mobile currently runs its 3G network on a homegrown proprietary TD-SCDMA standard that is not compatible with many smartphones.
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The Model S includes a proprietary cable for connecting with the Supercharger network.
And, in a world where it is impossible to tell where work stops and personal lives begin, their owners feel entitled to stick them deep in the corporate network, loading them with all sorts of proprietary data.
The separate subwoofer also connects wirelessly with all of the system using a proprietary SMSC 5.8GHz wireless audio system to provide robust connection and remove any chance of WiFi or Bluetooth network interference.
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